Kristina Vogel

Kristina Vogel (10 November 1990-) was a German track cyclist and politician.

Biography
Kristina Vogel was born in Bishkek, Kyrgyz SSR, Soviet Union in 1990, and her family moved to Germany when she was six months old. In 2008, she became a professional cyclist, but a 26 June 2018 cycling accident in Cottbus led to her severing her spinal cord, causing permanent paralyzation. In February 2019, she mounted a campaign for the city council of Erfurt as a member of Angela Merkel's CDU party, and she was placed second on the party list.